You're right, that's a risk. GitHub has deleted Iranian accounts before under OFAC compliance.

My calculus: Being transparent about my situation is better than hiding it. If they delete my account, at least I tried.

The alternative is pretending I'm somewhere else, which feels worse and creates legal risk for anyone who partners with me.

Open to suggestions on better approaches.

From what I can tell looking at the website they are hoping to have made enough returns by the time it's taken down